by Greg Turnquist | Oct 20, 2011 | clojure, hard, scala
In this latest installment of Programming is hard, let’s talk about abstractions. (For previous readings, see Part 1 and Part 2). I read a column by Ted Neward where he points out how software development is unlike any other industry. We have to deal with...
by Greg Turnquist | Oct 14, 2011 | pondjumpers
In this episode of Pond Jumpers, my fellow co-worker Josh Long joins me to discuss various Javascript libraries and frameworks, and their recent growth in the open source world.Download Episode 10
by Greg Turnquist | Oct 13, 2011 | c
Way back in time, you know, before they invented all the letters of the alphabet, I started to tinker with computers. There was some summer program and my folks were all too eager to enroll me for my benefit to get me out of the house. There were all kinds of fun...
by Greg Turnquist | Oct 12, 2011 | hard, scala
NOTE: You can also read Part 3 of this blog series. The debate about the complexity of scala ensues. As I previously wrote, programming is hard! Trying to conclude how easy or hard scala is based on language constructs isn’t feasible. In a really active thread...